Rail anchor



UNrrr:l` srAr I Patented pr. 17, 1928.

BENJAMINBQBETTS, or sr. vtours, iinssounr.

' l mfr. ANCHOR.

. Amuicafion'meaianuarym,1927n seriainojissgols. 1

V.ES cross section.

vrAfurther lobject-is to constructk a rail anchor which has no sharp edges contacting l with the base flange of a rail.

By my constructionof anchor, while holdloingthe rail against'creeping, allpos'sibility of 4niclring lthe edgeslor surfaces of thebase :flange is prevented`l on account of it being constructed of round Vmaterial. I have :found that this nicking forms agstarting 15 point for the breaking of the railsV when loads pass` thereover and it is to prevent such nicking caused by sharp edges ythat I ,have v devised my present structure.

. Y. In'the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a sectional View of'a rail with Imy device in position; y *j I? ig. 2 is atop plan view of the same; A Fig.. 3 is an enlarged perspective of my 4rail; anchor; and4 f l Y Y Fig. 4l is an enlarged top plan `vview of the same. j j l v In the construction of my device Iemploy a. rail anchor whichis formed from a single bar of spring material circular in cross section.4 AOneend of the bar is vprovided lwith an upturned portion 5. 4' Extending from 'this upturned portion is a horizontal portion 6 .which is slightly bowed down, the purpose Integral with-the portion 6. is annpwardly curved portion 7 which'has extending therefrom and toward the upturne'd portion 5 `an inclined arm 8. l The armv 8 is provided with a substantially .semi-circular bend 9. This bend has an integrally formed arm 10. This arm is inclined the same as the arm`8 but is of'slightly less length than the arm 8. Integral with the arm 10 is a bend llvwhich "terminates in an arm 12. l This arm is preferablyparallel to the arm 6. vThe arm 12 terminates in a bend 13 withwhich a downwardly projecting arm 14 is formed integral.

' In Figsjl and 2 15 represents a tie. 16

' the ball of a rail.` 17 the web, and 18 and 19 50 the base flanges.v Y

The method of attaching -my device is as follows: The upturned end 5 is passed underneath the base flanges of the rail in such a manner that the arms 8 and l10 and 'loop 9 will extend over the top ofy the base flange 19. The device is then driven on represent the `rnicking will occur.

of `which will be explained in de-tail later.`

securely andby reason of it beingformed of spring material, the upturned portion 5 snaps upward as soon as it has passedthe y edge of the base flange 18and by reason of my construction only Vthe upturnedlportion 5 and the insideedge of the curved ..portion v11 Vwill vContact withV the edgesof the base anges 18l and 19 respectively, 'while-g the inside edge ofthe curved portion@ will be spaced apart therefrom." This isclearly shown 'in Fig. 4 wherein the dottedlines edgesl ofv the base. flanges :18 and19. Y

, when, the ydevice is in poseen. .the dass; vturned yportion 14 rests against .the tie fandin fact acts as apivot point when the rail creeps in one .directionso th'atythearm 36 against the edges of .the base {ian-ges andthev more the rail creepsin this direction the tighter this binding actionwill be, but, due to the fact that there are no sharpiedges contacting: with the edges ofthe base flanges, no

' The purpose of Ymaking the arm j downward .is to, assure the engagementof thel projection v5 vsince the arm 6. wiIlonlycontact with the base flanges adjacent their.v

outer'edges. In this/'away any. irregularities or curvature of the bottom, of .the base Vflanges l` prevent the. engagement of the pro-1 will not j ection- 5.

arm 10, the bend 11,-'and the arm 1 2 form 'tapered clamping jaws forsecuring thedeyOne ofthe important'A features of, my dei-)iwf` vice is that, the inner surface of the bend 7` is, farther removed from the edge ofthe n 'will be .obsefvdiha the was, the 9? curved portion 7,V the arm 8, the bend 49, the

base `liangethan the inner vredge of the'bendj 11. This is for the purposeofpermitting my device to take care of the variations in since the distance between the upward porwidth of the base flanges of'a railway" rail no 'j i at longitudinally spaced apart points and he' turned end adapted to abut is less than the distance between the upward projection 5 and the inner surface of the bend 7 so that should any variations in width` occur, the anchor can be attached to the rail slightly skewed as illustrated in F ig. 4 thereby taking care of any variations in the width of the base flanges, which variation frequently happens in the rolling oit Athe rails.

If this provision were not made, it would be impossible to have the upturiied portion or end 5 snap upward and engage one edger of Vthe base flange. i

I may, if desired, decrease the cross sectional area of the arm G so as to increase its iesilieney without departing from they spirit of my invention. i

Having fully ydescribed my invention, what I claim is: y f

1. A rail anchor formed ofa single bar of spring material circular in cross section and adapted to contact with the opposite edges of the base flanges of a railway rail out of contact with the underside of said flanges throughout the greater portion of their width, said anchor having a downtheside of a railway tie.

2. A rail anchor formed from a bar of round spring material, means formed intermediate the ends of said bar to engage the top surface of a railway rail base flange on one side only and also to Contact with the edge of saidflange at one point, an upturned portionformed on one end of said bar and adapted to contact Iat one point only with the .edge of the'oppositebase flange '4 at a point longitudinally spaced from the first mentioned Contact point the portion of the bar adjacent its upturned portion Vbeing bowed away from the underside of said flanges, and a downturned portion formed on thev opposite'end of saidv bar, said down- 4turned portion .adapted to bear against the side of a railway tie.

3. 'A rail anchor formed from a continuous round bar of spring material, certain portions of which are so bent as to contact with theedge and top surface of one of the base flanges of a railway rail, and a downturned end integral with said bar adapted to Contact with andv bear against the side of a railway tie, when a rail creeps, said last mentioned portion adapted rto act as a fulverum for the anchorV whereby the creeping of a rail will cause said anchor to turn so as to tightly bind at its contacting points with the edges of the base flanges of said` rail thereby preventing same from creeping.

l.r A rrailanchor formed of' a single piece of elastic metal provided with resilient clamping Jaws adapted to engage the base flange of arail on its top and side edge at longitudinally Vspaced apart points, means integral with said anchor for engaging the opposite side of the base flange of vsaid rail, whereby `lateral movement of said anchor -is prevented, and one end of said anchor being downturned and adapted. to bear against the side of a railway tie whereby the creeping of a railway rail 4is prevented when said anchor is in position'. l

5. A rail anchor composed of a single piece of spring material which is provided intermediate its ends with jaws adapted to receive one base flange of a railway rail and contact therewith at longitudinally spaced apart points on its upper and lower surfaces and at one point only on its edge, means integral with one end of said anchor for con tacting with the edge of the opposite basev yBENJAMIN B; BETTS. l 

